MISTAKEN LOGIC  

MISTAKEN LOGIC  

True story! Two boys were great friends at the same Primary School; both showed great potential in  sport, one in rugby and the other in hockey. The key question for their parents, when it came to  choosing a Secondary school for their child, was the matter...
CAREERING THROUGH SPORT  

CAREERING THROUGH SPORT  

The sporting world was very different forty years ago; in those days, many international sportsmen  and women in different sports were part-timers and were unpaid – in fact, they had to pay for much  of the privilege of playing for their country. Indeed,...
SCORING MORE POINTS BY TRIES  

SCORING MORE POINTS BY TRIES  

It is an interesting exercise to see how point-scoring in rugby has changed over the years. In the very  early years, a team did not score any points for recording a try but it only served to give them a  chance to score points by way of the conversion. Not...
TAKING THE TEMPERATURE OF SPORT  

TAKING THE TEMPERATURE OF SPORT  

Someone once said that at “40C degrees, Californians shiver uncontrollably but people in Scotland  sunbathe. At 20C degrees, people in Florida wear coats and wool hats while people in Scotland wear  shorts and a T-shirt. At 0 degrees, New York landlords turn...
SPORT CAN CHANGE THE WORLD  

SPORT CAN CHANGE THE WORLD  

At the inaugural celebration of the Laureus World Sports Awards in 1999, Nelson Mandela stated  that, “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite  people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth...